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ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource
ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource - NEEP on Stage!
September 21
10:00 am - Regional Round-Up: Utility Energy Efficiency Highlights from around the United States
- Northeast: Jim O’Reilly, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
1:15pm - Session 1A: Lighting Programs
- Emerging Strategies for LED Street Lighting Conversion, Presenter: Brian Buckley, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
1:15pm - Session 1B: Energy Efficiency as a T&D Resource
- Using Geographically Targeted Energy Efficiency to Deter T&D Investment, Presenter: Elizabeth Titus, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
1:15pm - Session 1C: Regulatory Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency
- Moderator: Natalie Treat, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
1:15pm - Session 1D: Evaluation, Measurement and Verification Methods Issues
- What’s Under the Hood? Building Transparency in Energy Efficiency Savings and Underlying EM&V Methods through a Standardized, Integrated Reporting Platform, Presenter: Patrick Wallace, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
September 22
8:30am - The Role of Energy Efficiency in the Utility of the Future
- Massachusetts: Sue Coakley, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
The ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource is a biennial event that was first held in 2001. The conference is widely recognized as the premiere event for examining energy efficiency as a strategic and critical utility system resource. The program content will be specifically designed to focus on the issues related to utility-sector energy efficiency policies and programs. Industry leaders will gather to discuss the latest developments in the use of energy efficiency as a key resource for meeting customer and utility system needs and for addressing other critical economic and environmental objectives.
Energy efficiency’s importance as a utility resource has never been greater than it is now. The utility industry faces high power plant construction costs and growing cost recovery risks; high and volatile fuel costs; a new wave of environmental compliance costs; mounting concerns about system reliability, and increasing calls for action to address global warming. Energy efficiency is the least-cost response to each of those challenges. Moreover, improving energy efficiency in our homes, businesses and industries reduces energy costs, creates jobs and improves the environment. As a result of all of these factors, many states have now established aggressive energy savings goals, pushing programs to achieve and sustain unprecedented savings.
With these new requirements and goals come a variety of new challenges. The conference will highlight important advances being made in the design and delivery of customer energy efficiency programs, and in the regulatory mechanisms that help make them possible. We will address the many issues facing utilities as they acquire and integrate this resource into their planning and operations